استكشاف
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القرآن الكريم
Memorisation, recitation and tafsir of the Qur'an — the foundation of every madrasa and dugsi in Harar and Hararghe.
2 books · 1,095 lessons
التجويد
The rules of correct recitation, from Tuḥfat al-Aṭfāl to al-Muqaddimah al-Jazariyyah.
3 books · 80 lessons
الفقه الشافعي
Shāfiʿī jurisprudence — the school followed across eastern Ethiopia — from Safīnat al-Najā to Matn Abī Shujāʿ.
7 books · 318 lessons
العقيدة
The foundations of belief, taught through ʿAqīdat al-ʿAwām and its explanations.
6 books · 508 lessons
الحديث
The sayings of the Prophet ﷺ, beginning with al-Arbaʿīn al-Nawawiyyah.
10 books · 1,495 lessons
السيرة النبوية
The life of the Prophet ﷺ, and the Mawlid recitations cherished in Harar.
3 books · 193 lessons
العربية
Naḥw and ṣarf for understanding the sources, starting with al-Ājurrūmiyyah.
2 books · 58 lessons
الآداب والتزكية
Adab and purification of the heart, from Imam al-Ghazālī's Bidāyat al-Hidāyah.
2 books · 355 lessons
الإسلام في الحبشة
How Islam came to Abyssinia in the Prophet's lifetime, and the scholarly heritage of Harar and the east.
1 book · 4 lessons